Nelson Yu
Senior Software Engineer I at Greenhouse Software
Greater Vancouver Metropolitan Area Canada
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Top SchoolNelson Yu is a curiosity-driven Senior Software Engineer with 7+ years of experience building scalable web and mobile applications, currently driving engineering work at Greenhouse Software. He has a track record of launching high-value projects (up to $500K) and improving development velocity through pragmatic processes, earning rapid promotions and leading teams of up to eight engineers. At the University of British Columbia he combined full‑stack development, API design (RESTful and GraphQL), and performance optimization to boost product performance and delivery cadence. A practiced mentor and recruiter, Nelson has guided and hired dozens of engineers and helped newcomers transition into professional roles. Grounded in a chemistry BS and a web development diploma, he brings a curious, cross-disciplinary approach to system design and troubleshooting that often uncovers non-obvious algorithmic and data-model improvements.
7 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry, Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry at The University of British ColumbiaDiploma of Education, Web Development, Diploma of Education, Web Development at Lighthouse Labs
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Github Skills (18)
git10
github10
patch10
subversion10
vote7
voting6
react5
backend5
nodejs5
api5
api-documentation5
decision-making4
rest4
proxies3
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Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
0xturner/reflect
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
A React app served on Webpack Devserver that proxies requests to an Express backend. The rest is up to you.
Contributions:141 commits, 2 PRs, 66 pushes in 14 days
reactjavascriptexpressdevserverbackend
turnerschumann/decision-maker
May 2019 - May 2019
Pollr is a decision-making app that creates polls for a group to collectively make a democratic decision.
Contributions:43 commits, 28 pushes, 8 branches in 4 days
decision-makingreactpollsdecisiondemocratic
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